‘CWG will be good competition before Asiad’

But if IOA wants India to stay away from the former, there will be a reason behind that: Sreejesh

The Indian Olympic Association might be planning to keep the Indian hockey team out of next year’s Commonwealth Games in Birmingham as they are too close to the Asian Games, but star goalkeeper P.R. Sreejesh feels that the CWG will offer the country good competition before the continental event. “If you are able to play a couple of matches before big events it is really good. We always consider the Commonwealth Games as one of the major events, that’s the platform where we can get good competition playing against Australia, New Zealand and England. Which is really good for us but if IOA is taking a decision, definitely there will be a reason behind that,” said the Tokyo Olympics bronze-winning Indian hockey goalkeeper, in reply to a question from The Hindu, during a media interaction organised by the Ernakulam Press Club here on Wednesday.